Children's Books
Fantasy/Sci-Fi Book Characters
Current Award Nominees
The Book is Better
Nonfiction
100

Don't Let the _________ Drive the Bus

Pidgeon

100

Hermione Granger

Harry Potter

100

This is a ghost story about a girl who is haunted by the ghost of her great aunt who drowned in the lake at their grandparents' house.

The Girl in the Lake

100

While exploring her new home, a girl discovers a secret door, behind which lies an alternate world that closely mirrors her own but, in many ways, is better. She rejoices in her discovery, until her parallel family tries to keep her there forever.  

Coraline

100

Sign Language

400s

200

The Very ________________ Caterpillar

Hungry

200

Percy Jackson (first book in series)

The Lighting Thief

200

A group of friends discover an underground bomb shelter and use it as a place to escape and have fun.

The Fort

200

This is the story of an eccentric wannabe scientist, Flint Lockwood. His latest contraption is a miraculous device designed to solve the world hunger crisis. But when Flint bites off more than he can chew, he sets in motion a storm of epic proportions

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

200

Christianity, Buddhism, Muslim, Judaism, Hindu

200s

300

Charlotte's Web Author

E.B. White

300

Oompa Loompas

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

300

A Mars rover named Resilience (Res)  develops human-like feelings and goes on a perilous mission to Mars.

A Rover's Story

300

One summer’s day, a lonely, ten-year-old, India Opal Buloni, goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries—and comes home with a dog.  

Because of Winn-Dixie

300

Grasslands, Deserts, Rainforests, Oceans

500s

400

Piggy and Elephant Books Author

Mo Willems

400

Katniss (first book)

The Hunger Games

400

An eighth grader named Cory  struggles to balance his many commitments while preparing for a dance competition and navigating middle school.  He starts spending more time with Sunna and learning yo-yo tricks.

Freestyle

400

In this creepy recreation of Roald Dahl’s classic, a boy and his Grandmother fight a group of witches who threaten to rid the world of children.

The Witches

400

Poetry

800s

500

In this book, a boy's school supplies are fed up with him and leave him notes about how they would like him to change to make their lives better.

The Day the Crayons Quit

500

Resilience (Res)

A Rover's Story

500

A 12-year-old girl with a wheelchair stands up for herself when her plans for wheelchair motocross are threatened.

Air

500

When a mother and her two children come down for a late-night snack and find a stranger speaking of tesseracts that allow travel through space and time, it stirs up memories of the children’s father and his disappearance, and sets them on a journey to find him.


A Wrinkle in Time

500

Cookbooks

600s

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